Lafayette – Parker Hills (East Lincoln 2011) hit .241 with one home run and 28 RBIs in 45 games (42 starts) for the Leopards (10-40, 6-14 Patriot Conference).

Lander – Six former local standouts helped the Bearcats go 35-16 overall and 19-11 in the Peach Belt Conference – Brantley Blalock (Kings Mountain 2009) went 0-0 with 0.00 ERA in two appearances, Kyle Tate (Ashbrook 2009) went 2-3 with two saves and a 4.89 ERA in 18 appearances (four starts), Jacob Tisdale (Crest 2010) hit .327 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in 25 games (14 starts), Jay Robinson (Crest 2010) went 0-0 with a 5.62 ERA in seven appearances (one start), Weston Lawing (South Point 2010) hit .296 with five home runs and 59 RBIs in 51 starts and Johnny Walker (North Lincoln 2010) went 0-2 with one save and a 4.64 ERA in 18 appearances. Lawing earned second team All-Peach Belt honors for his efforts.

Lenoir-Rhyne – Rai Robinson (Kings Mountain 2009) hit .280 with one home run and 31 RBIs in 48 games and Landon Elks (Crest 2011) hit .183 with 12 RBIs in 31 games for the Bears (21-29, 12-15 South Atlantic Conference).

GASTONIA – Mount Holly’s Jordan Edgerton’s good year keeps getting better and better as we wrap up the 2013 college baseball season for local standouts.

Edgerton, a 2011 South Point High graduate, was last week named to the Daktronics All-American team after a season in which the UNC-Pembroke third baseman had already has been named All-Peach Belt Conference and All-NCAA Division II Southeast Region.

Edgerton hit .392 with nine home runs and 56 RBIs in 54 games for the Braves, who went 38-16 overall and 19-11 in the Peach Belt Conference.

Also for UNC-P this spring, Zade Denton (North Gaston 2011) hit .339 with five home runs and 43 RBIs in 54 games and was named second team All-Peach Belt Conference shortstop.

Several other local standouts completed impressive seasons. Here’s a rundown on the reason of the group.

Appalachian State – Jeffrey Springs (South Point 2011) went 3-4 with a 6.28 ERA in 17 appearances (11 starts) for the Mountaineers (30-24, 13-14 Southern Conference).

Catawba Valley Community College – Five local products helped the Buccaneers go 37-12 overall and 19-6 in Region X – Seth Weekley (Bessemer City 2011) went 0-0 with a 6.30 ERA in seven appearances, Blake Mosteller (Cherryville 2011) went 2-0 with a 5.47 ERA in nine appearances (one start), Zech Wiggs (former Gaston Braves player) hit .295 with one home run and 22 RBIs in 41 games, Dustin Greene (Burns 2012) went 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 15 appearances and Dallas Conner (Kings Mountain 2012) went 3-0 with a 3.57 ERA in nine appearances.

East Carolina – Cherryville’s Drew Reynolds (East Rutherford 2010) was named first team All-Conference USA team for academics and as a designated hitter/utility player after hitting .322 with 22 RBIs in 54 games (47 starts) and going 3-2 with 14 saves and a 2.92 ERA in 28 appearances for the Pirates (31-26, 14-10).

Gardner-Webb – Jeff Howell (Kings Mountain 2009) went 1-3 with five saves and a 4.15 ERA in 18 appearances, Henry Rundio (North Gaston 2011) hit .267 with four home runs and 28 RBIs in 55 games (54 starts) and Nick Triplett (Crest 2012) hit .059 with one RBI in 15 games (three starts) for the Bulldogs (29-27-1, 12-11 Big South Conference).

Hampden-Sydney – Spencer Wiles (South Point 2011) hit .298 with four RBIs in 28 games (12 starts) for the Tigers (23-17-1, 13-7 Old Dominion Athletic Conference).

Lafayette – Parker Hills (East Lincoln 2011) hit .241 with one home run and 28 RBIs in 45 games (42 starts) for the Leopards (10-40, 6-14 Patriot Conference).

Lander – Six former local standouts helped the Bearcats go 35-16 overall and 19-11 in the Peach Belt Conference – Brantley Blalock (Kings Mountain 2009) went 0-0 with 0.00 ERA in two appearances, Kyle Tate (Ashbrook 2009) went 2-3 with two saves and a 4.89 ERA in 18 appearances (four starts), Jacob Tisdale (Crest 2010) hit .327 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in 25 games (14 starts), Jay Robinson (Crest 2010) went 0-0 with a 5.62 ERA in seven appearances (one start), Weston Lawing (South Point 2010) hit .296 with five home runs and 59 RBIs in 51 starts and Johnny Walker (North Lincoln 2010) went 0-2 with one save and a 4.64 ERA in 18 appearances. Lawing earned second team All-Peach Belt honors for his efforts.

Lenoir-Rhyne – Rai Robinson (Kings Mountain 2009) hit .280 with one home run and 31 RBIs in 48 games and Landon Elks (Crest 2011) hit .183 with 12 RBIs in 31 games for the Bears (21-29, 12-15 South Atlantic Conference).

Pitt Community College – Thomas Bess (Cherryville 2011) hit .307 with one home run and 17 RBIs in 41 games for the Bulldogs (28-19, 11-15 Region X).

Tusculum – Tripper Crisson (Lincolnton 2009) hit .303 with 28 RBIs in 51 games and Trey Drewery (West Lincoln 2010) hit .316 with two home runs and 30 RBIs in 51 games for the Pioneers (33-18, 16-11 South Atlantic Conference).

Western Carolina – Former Gastonia Post 23 American Legion and Gastonia Grizzlies Coastal Plain League standout Tyler White (Chase 2009) was named Southern Conference media player of the year and first team all-conference third baseman after hitting .363 with 16 home runs and 66 RBIs in 59 starts. Teammate Julian Ridings (Crest 2010) was also first team all-conference after hitting .377 with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs in 48 starts as the Catamounts (39-20, 23-7) were league regular season champions. White and Ridings also made the league’s all-tournament team.

Wingate – C.J. Harris (homeschooled from Clover) went 1-6 with a 9.36 ERA in 10 appearances (nine starts) for the Bulldogs (29-21, 20-7 South Atlantic Conference).

Wilkes Community College – Logan Walden (South Point 2012) hit .337 with six home runs and 22 RBIs in 36 games and went 5-6 with a 4.15 ERA in 15 appearances (13 starts) for the Cougars (14-22, 9-20 Region X).

You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22